Dead ends

Time for all of us to think and do the right things. Before it is too late for us and nature.

                 Dead ends

Brothers told no-one they were scared.
Stood on a chair and told the world to f-off.
Baby sister cried and family learn to live without the laughter
of two strong boys.

Young girl told me she is useless.
Better off dead. She had did many bad things.
No forgiveness for woman who wasted everything she touched.
I told her. "Jesus can forgive. You must forgive yourself and become wiser
in choices. Stop and think. Re-set your journey. Can't change the past. But you
can decide the future"

Old man sat alone.
Thinking of dead memories.
Missing voices gone and not forgotten.
He wondered  could he had of changed people journeys?
Could he had of been kinder?
Tears fall from his eyes.

Wars are alive and well.
Old Soldier sat at grave stone of a good friend.
He drink his friend favorite Miller's beer.
Told his friend. "Kids are strong and beautiful. You are a grandpa now twice.
The little boy looked like you. I miss you my friend. I wished I could hear your
laughter and I know what you would tell me. It will be alright Johnnie. I know you will
be there for my kids." I leave four Miller's beer on a lonely grave and pray my friend is watching his children from heaven.

Someone killed people in Wisconsin.
Just people going to worship.
I saw their faces of the family and friends after the shooting.
Exploding with tears and sadness.
Old world is going mad.
Why would anyone kill another in a church of prayer or anywhere for no reason?
We need a billion prayers for love and kindness to be rebirth in our world.

"Too much death lord.
Please protect the children.
Please send wisdom and guidance to our leaders.
Lord of life and death.
Please help us. We are being led by Beserkers who want hate over love.
Want murder over conversation.
They desire blood of another because of religion."

Today we stand on a dangerous edge.
Israel threatening war.
Middle East can send the world on the final journey.
Weapons and Soldiers cannot bring peace.
Destroying beautiful cities don't create friendships.
Words of hate lead us to no-where.

We are all flesh and bones.
We know pleasure and pain.
If you stand for nothing.
One day you wished you scream out against war.
One day you will wished you told a love one you loved them.

One day we will be on a dead end road.
Too late for tears and forgiveness.

I pray and  hope for logic and common sense. Need a miracle.
Common people everywhere must stop the berserkers of war and violence.
Stand together for peace and kindness.

Send food and medicine. Not weapons and Soldiers.
Tell someone you miss and love them. You need them near.

                           Coyote
                           2012

                    

Author's Note

Finally a new poem.

Reviews

[Mark]

I really like how you make your plea both about the world and about personal lives. I had a friend and mentor who taught me that we all need to think globally and act locally.

The planet needs our help, the human race is always in need of help, and there are people we know and others we come in contact with, that we can help by giving just a smile.

Great work :)

[Author Rucha Joshi]

This is a brilliant poem! I especially loved the end!

[marytownsend]

I enjoyed this poem a lot! The blending of the global perspective with the lives we touch everyday is very relevant. Beautiful work!

[Lina Grey]

This is very powerful and thought provoking. Each stanza is a new example on how terribly broken our world has become, and how it is our fault. We need to stand together in peace and kindness, just like you say, if we ever want to fix our world and preserve the good and beauty for future generations. It is true that in the end death is our individual fates, but it should not be the fate of everything. We need to learn respect and caring and help each other when help is needed. We need to live together as one race of humans rather than as multiple nationalites fighting against each other. This is brilliant. Thank you.

[~]

Sometimes I think that the reason that this world has become so disillusioned is because we have slowly de-evolved into beings that can focus on nothing but ourselves. It is like we have spiritual cataracts. We can only feel what is going on inside of ourselves but are blind to everyone else and their pain. You have brought up many good points in this writing. If we all could just open our eyes and look around us and follow that good old golden rule, perhaps everyone would know just how loved they are. All we can do as individuals is "be the change we want to see". Excellent work on this, Coyote.

[green dreams]

This is brilliant.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I enjoyed this. The world has always been mad and claiming all artists, authors and peacemongers are insane. Of course anyone who believes in peace, truth, freedom, honor and courage must be mad; anyone who expresses intelligence above the normal or creativity...all artists are crazy...if sanity is a world of murder, theivery, war and opression because we belong to our own world, a world of ideals and concepts that expresses its sadness at the "reality" forced upon its recognition. Billiant work as always my friend, I so enjoy your writing.

[Gretchen Clarke]

Yes, this poem summarizes my feelings about violence in the world almost exactly. Sad how only a few people think that war is not the only answer. After all, we learn in kindergarten not to fight with the other kids, but that's exactly what America is doing. It should be a political cartoon. America, South America, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia would be the kids arguing over a toy, and a teacher will be watching and shaking their head in dissappointment.
Anyways, I thought this poem was amazing. Just what the world needs to hear. Who cares if you're ridiculed for wanting peace? What if nobody stands up and demands an end to the fighting? There won't be a world left if we enter another large war. There might just be a few scattered pieces of rock, like in the movie Neverending Story. Why does our race lust for blood and deaths? Why can we not live in peace, without killing others who live lives similar to ours? What if, in battle, a kindly old man died fighting for his country? And his family is stricken with grief? Will America cheer for the death of the 'enemy'? Will they celebrate that they destroyed a life as well as many others?
We are spiraling in chaos. An endless pit of madness yawns before us, and, like fools, we jumped into it thinking it was the pit that causes great things. Why must we be the only sane ones in an insane world? After all, this is the only world we've got. There might be another Earth out there, but likelyhood is that it's billions and billions of lightyears away from here. We should be trying to find a way to get there, instead of destroying Earth without a backup plan. Without our safety net. Without a way to catch ourselves if we perish and fall to our doom and demise.
All that aside, this was a great piece of writing, and deserves to be a famous piece. Perhaps, if we send poetry like this to the White House, they'll realize what has happened, and they might be able to catch us before we are lost to the world. Then again, this happened because politicians tried to fix it. Why not let kids or common people try their hand at fixing it? It might work. It certainly hasn't worked for the politicians.
Keep up the great work!!

[Pax]

Your speak so much of what is today. All the current affairs of society and leaders their mishaps and impulses to create such sorrows, pains and killings. the world will be a better place if we learn compassion to one another.

Great work my friend

[Phibby Venable]

compassionate work, we may be born to die, but it would be a
much better trip if we took a little more time to care. so glad
that you have.